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Douglas E Mitchell Charitable

Cleveland, OH · EIN 01-0739379. Reported 92 grants totalling $211,600 to 50 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$1,000median grant
$211,600granted, 2021-2024
50organizations funded
64%of grantees funded again the next year
$1,103,741assets, latest filing

Does this foundation accept applications?

Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Douglas E Mitchell Charitable did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $1,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $700 and $2,500; the smallest was $400 and the largest $22,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
33 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
49 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
6 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
4 grants

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Boys & Girls Clubs of ClevelandCleveland, OH$71,400442024
Junior League of Minneapolis - Leagueaires DevelopmentMinneapolis, MN$19,000442024
Groves AcademySt Louis Park, MN$15,000442024
National Outdoor Leadership School (nols)Lander, WY$14,750442024
Interfaith Outreach & Community PartnersPlymouth, MN$14,000442024
Wayzata Community ChurchWayzata, MN$12,500442024
Believet Canine Service PartnersNorthfield, MN$5,500442024
The Pink FundBloomfield Hills, MI$5,500442024
Harvest Hills Animal ShelterFryeburg, ME$4,450332024
Maryland Therapeutic RidingCrownsville, MD$3,300442024
Center for Reproductive RightsNew York, NY$3,100442024
Hearts of Hope Family Grief CampSt Peter, MN$3,000222022
Reproductive Health Access ProjectNew York, NY$2,900332024
Metavivor Research & Support IncAnnapolis, MD$2,100222022
Healing Hearts ConnectionBig Lake, MN$2,000112024
Cycle KidsCambridge, MA$1,750112021
Equality MainePortland, ME$1,750112021
4 Paws for AbilityXenia, OH$1,700222024
Metavivir Research & Support IncAnnapolis, MD$1,700222024
David Sheldrick Wildlife TrustLaguna Hills, CA$1,600222022
Charities Aid Foundation AmericaAlexandria, VA$1,500112022
Maine Adaptive Sports & RecreationBethel, ME$1,500112022
Here for the GirlsWilliamsburg, VA$1,400332024
Kopelion IncRichmond Hill, NY$1,350222022
MissionearthFramingham, MA$1,200112023
Right to PlayToronto, Ontario$1,200112023
Brother Wolf Animal RescueAsheville, NC$1,000112024
Compassion Animal ProjectRichmond, VA$1,000112023
Immigrant Welcome Center Greater PortlandPortland, ME$1,000112024
Maine Transgender Network IncPortland, ME$1,000112024
Morris Animal FoundationDenver, CO$1,000112024
The ArcWashington, DC$1,000112024
Yellowhammer FundTuscaloosa, AL$1,000112024
Best Friends Animal SocietyKanab, UT$750112021
Inland Woods TrailsBethel, ME$750112021
Rainforest TrustWarrenton, VA$750112021
Menengage AllianceWashington, DC$700112024
Elevated AccessChampaign, IL$600112024
Animal Refuge League of Greater PortlandWestbrook, ME$500112022
Association for Pet Loss and BereavementAlbany, NY$500112024
Birth RootsPortland, ME$500112022
Circle of Health InternationalAustin, TX$500112021
Jeremiah Program - Baltimore CampusBaltimore, MD$500112023
Parents Place of MarylandGlen Burnie, MD$500112024
Pets on WheelsBaltimore, MD$500112023
Save the ChildrenFairfield, CT$500112021
Share Pregnancy and Infant Loss SupportSt Charles, MO$500112022
The Art of AutismSan Diego, CA$500112023
The Family TreeWheat Ridge, CO$500112021
Grief Connection - Healing HeartsBig Lake, MN$400112023

19 of 50 (38%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.

Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 64%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 63 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Animal Welfare
13 grants
Health Care
10 grants
Human Services
9 grants
Civil Rights
7 grants
Diseases & Disorders
7 grants
Education
5 grants
Environment
5 grants
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
2 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202122$60,000$1,500
202222$48,000$1,000
202322$40,200$900
202426$63,400$1,000

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.

Where its money goes

Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 35% of this one's giving went to organizations in Ohio. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

Ohio
$73K
Minnesota
$71K
Wyoming
$15K
Maine
$11K
Maryland
$9K
New York
$8K
Michigan
$6K
Virginia
$5K

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Funders that support the same organizations

These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.

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How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $1,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Ohio.
  3. Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
  4. Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.

Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Douglas E Mitchell Charitable's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: 600 Superior Ave 2100, Cleveland, OH, 44114. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.

EIN 01-0739379 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

This is history, not an open call. Foundation returns are published about a year after the tax year ends. Nothing on this page is a deadline. It is a record of who this foundation has actually funded, which is the best available predictor of who it will fund next -- and a much better basis for deciding whether to write to them than a mission statement.

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